Title :
Silicon-on-insulator mode-selective add-drop unit for on-chip mode-division multiplexing
Author :
Bagheri, Saeed ; Green, William M J
Author_Institution :
IBM T. J. Watson Res. Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA
Abstract :
A broadband, low-crosstalk, mode-selective add-drop multiplexer using quasi phase-matching and staged coupling is presented. This ultra-compact device can be used to enable mode-division multiplexing for further increasing the aggregate bandwidth of on-chip optical interconnects.
Keywords :
multiplexing; optical crosstalk; optical interconnections; silicon-on-insulator; chip mode division multiplexing; mode selective add drop multiplexer; mode selective add-drop unit; on chip optical interconnects; optical crosstalk; quasiphase-matching; silicon-on-insulator; staged coupling; ultra-compact device; Aggregates; Frequency conversion; Optical crosstalk; Optical design; Optical frequency conversion; Optical interconnections; Optical waveguides; Signal design; Silicon on insulator technology; Wavelength division multiplexing; Mode-division multiplexing; integrated optics; optical interconnects; quasi phase-matching;
Conference_Titel :
Group IV Photonics, 2009. GFP '09. 6th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4402-1
Electronic_ISBN :
1949-2081
DOI :
10.1109/GROUP4.2009.5338328
